Star Wars’ New Trilogy Has Already Fixed Its Biggest Mistake

As Charles Soule continues to elaborate on the story of Lady Qi’ra and Crimson Dawn in Star Wars: Crimson Reign, the trilogy is improving upon itself.

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The new trilogy in Star Wars comics has fixed a major issue in its first installment with Crimson Reign. As writer Charles Soule continues to elaborate on the story of Lady Qi’ra and Crimson Dawn, the trilogy is improving upon itself.

As comics have attempted to fill in the gaps of the Star Wars saga and redeem aspects of the films some fans felt were lacking, some stories have raised issues. Although the recently concluded crossover event War of the Bounty Hunters didn’t open up many plot holes, many readers felt it to be a waste of time. Following the carbonite frozen body of Han Solo after it went missing, the storyline treated its fate as a surprise to an audience well-versed with the movies. Since fans knew where Han ended up as seen in Return of the Jedi, there was no sense of tension throughout the event. However, comics have since learned from the flawed story mechanic as seen in Star Wars: Crimson Dawn #1, written by Charles Soule with art by Steven Cummings.

As the second installment in the comics trilogy from Soule begins, it’s becoming evident that the new story is learning from its past mistake. Within the first issue, it’s revealed that Lady Qi’ra fails in her plans to vanquish the Empire, as she prepares to go to war. Casual and longtime fans alike knew that Crimson Dawn’s fight against Darth Vader would fail, as the original trilogy ended with the Rebel Alliance defeating the tyrannical force.

Now that the story has been framed with Qi’ra’s failure directly stated at the top, there is no pressure for a built sense of stakes depending on her plan working out. Unlike War of the Bounty Hunters, this part of the crossover isn’t reliant on whether or not Boba Fett gets back in Jabba the Hutt’s good graces by offering him Han Solo’s carbonite encased body. Now that Soule is treating readers as the knowledgable fans they are, he has given Crimson Reign an advantage to tell an engaging story.

Unlike Solo: A Star Wars Story, the event doesn’t have to be focused on connecting the dots. Instead, Crimson Reign can tell a new story without the pressure of building suspense around a premise for which that readers already know the ending. There are many other components of Star Wars canon that the limited series is set to expand on like the Knights of Ren, and Soule’s second entry is now free to explore the sequel trilogy’s untapped potential.

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